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Be the Kiwi: New Zealand Unit Lesson
Students participate in a learning celebration at the end of a unit on New Zealand. In this global studies lesson, students share what they learned about the nation, watch "The Whale Rider," and eat foods from New Zealand.
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Summer Trip
Seventh graders utilize the Internet for use of search engines to plan a trip. They research and develop expenses for a trip and divide and round the cost of things to the nearest tenth.
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Wisconsin Heritage Timeline
Fourth graders explore why groups of immigrants settled in Wisconsin. Through intervies with family members, printed materials, and internet research, 4th graders discover the contributions early residents made to the state. Students...
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What's in the News?
Middle schoolers discuss any news article or video about the environment. They develop their own questions relating to radon and how it effects people and the environment. They answer each others questions to end the lesson.
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Focused Learning Lesson: American History
Eleventh graders use a chart to compare and relate events that have happened in the past to ones that are occuring now. If an event is unclear, they research it and add it to their chart.
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Aussie symbols
Students work in groups to identify, examine, collect, and present a range of symbols and logos used in Australia.
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MAKE A STATEMENT!
Students design and make their own bumper sticker with an environmental statement.
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Endangered Species
Middle schoolers research the issue of species endangerment by exploring threatened animals, their habitats, and the environmental challenges associated with them. They explore the relationships between living things and their...
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Public Defenders
Students research laws related to copyright and privacy for pamphlets educating the public about their rights when publishing original works on the Internet.
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Wisconsin
Fourth graders brainstorm a list of places they have visited in Wisconsin. They watch a video "Cultural Horizons." Students use the CD and find on a map several locations in Wisconsin. Students bring in photos, pictures, and artifacts...
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Tile My Bathroom Floor
Seventh graders create a bathroom floor plan using measurement math. In this measurement lesson plan, 7th graders use measurement, proportionality, estimation, and area to design a floor plan. Students design floor tiles using centimeter...
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Terrariums for Project Pals
Students identify the components needed by plants to survive in the terrarium. In this biology lesson, students build their own terrariums using materials available. They present their project in class.
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Five Themes of Geography
Students conduct research to determine why geography is important and how it provides information regarding many aspects of the world. They investigate the hemispheres, longitude, latitude and absolute location.
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Name Geneology Essay
Students research the meaning of their names and write an essay about their findings.
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Create-a-Composition
Pupils creatively express themselves by creating simple pieces of music.
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Underground Railroad
Students research the underground railroad and create a journal as if you were either a slave running away or the "railroad operator". They then draw a map detailing the escape routes and stops of African-American slaves on the...
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NWT Literacy Council
Nwt Literacy Council: How to Kit: Family Literacy Activities Night 2 [Pdf]
This second package of activities is intended for use at a family literacy night event. There are ideas for how to organize the event, numerous activities, as well as suggestions on additional activities families can do together at home.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: At Home Literacy Activities
Families are a child's first educator and can serve as valuable partners throughout a child's literacy development. Providing families with quick, easy-to-use activities and strategies to use at home strengthens school-home connections...
NWT Literacy Council
Nwt Literacy Council: How to Kit: Family Literacy Activities Night [Pdf]
This package of activities is intended for use at a family literacy night event. There are ideas for how to organize the event, as well as suggestions on additional activities families can do together at home.
Other
Ncrel: Home Literacy Activities for Preschoolers
This list of suggestions for encouraging a love of reading and the development of pre-reading skills is very helpful. It contains sections on Daily Reading, Book Talk, Extended Discourse, Language Play, Writing, and Dramatic Play....
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Have Journal Will Travel: Promoting Family Involvement in Litera
Students build positive memories of literacy activities when they take turns taking home a book bag stuffed with items to encourage literacy interactions with their families.
US Department of Education
National Institute for Literacy: A Child Becomes a Reader [Pdf]
An excellent 48-page booklet, entirely available online, that lists activities that parents and children can do at home to assure successful reading skills. Parents can also check their child's development by looking at "What children...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Ready to Learn 2010 2015 Initiative (Pbs Kids Lab)
PBS KIDS Lab is built on the belief that every new technology is a learning opportunity. This page includes links to PBS programming, apps, games, videos, activities, and education resources. Teaching Tips provide step-by-step lessons...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: In My Hands by Irene Gut Opdyke
In the fall of 1939 the Nazis invaded Irene Gut's beloved Poland, ending her training as a nurse and thrusting the sixteen-year-old Catholic girl into a world of degradation that somehow gave her the strength to accomplish what amounted...